Methods for the Study of Marine Benthos (eBook)

Anastasios Eleftheriou (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 4. Auflage
496 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-54238-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The continuing global decline of the health of the sea, and the
increasing depletion of marine resources and biodiversity, caused
by human activity and climate change, have led to ever-increasing
international concern. These changes in the marine environment
highlight the importance of effective monitoring of the ecology of
the benthos which has been shown to be a sensitive index of such
alterations.

Completely revised and updated to include many new methods and
technologies, this Fourth Edition of Methods for the Study of
Marine Benthos provides comprehensive coverage on the tools and
techniques available to those working in the area. Commencing with
an overview of the design and analysis of benthic surveys, the book
continues with chapters covering the sedimentary environment,
imaging and diving techniques, macro- and meiofauna techniques,
deep sea sampling, energy flow and production. An additional new
chapter provided in this edition covers phytobenthos
techniques.

Written by many of the world's leading authorities in
marine sampling techniques and use, and edited by Professor
Anastasios Eleftheriou, this comprehensive Fourth Edition is an
essential tool for all marine and environmental scientists,
ecologists, fisheries workers and oceanographers. Libraries in all
research establishments and universities where these subjects are
studied and taught will find this book to be a hugely valuable
addition to their collections.

Autor

Professor Anastasios Eleftheriou is based at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, and at the Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

Inhalt

Contributors xii

Dedication xiv

Preface to the Fourth Edition xv

Acknowledgements xvii

Chapter 1 Design and Analysis in Benthic Surveys in Environmental Sampling 1
Antony J. Underwood and Maura G. Chapman

Chapter 2 Characterising the Physical Properties of Seabed Habitats 47
Andrew J. Kenny and Ian Sotheran

Chapter 3 Imaging Techniques 97
Chris J. Smith and Heye Rumohr

Chapter 4 Diving 125
Colin Munro

Chapter 5 Macrofauna Techniques 175
Anastasios Eleftheriou and Derek C. Moore

Chapter 6 Meiofauna Techniques 253
Paul J. Somerfield and Richard M. Warwick

Chapter 7 Deep-Sea Benthic Sampling 285
Alan J. Jamieson, Ben Boorman and Daniel O.B. Jones

Chapter 8 Measuring the Flow of Energy and Matter in Marine Benthic Animal Populations 349
Jaap van der Meer, Thomas Brey, Carlo Heip, Peter M.J. Herman, Tom Moens and Dick van Oevelen

Chapter 9 Phytobenthos Techniques 427
Hans Kautsky

References 459

Index 467

Colour plate section 1 falls between pages 126 and 127

Colour plate section 2 falls between pages 302 and 303

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.4.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Aquaculture • Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science • Aquakultur • Aquakultur, Fischereiwesen u. Fischforschung
• ISBN-10: 1-118-54238-X / 111854238X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-54238-5 / 9781118542385